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In a message of Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:20:51 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa writes:
>Somehow Guile manages it even though Scheme is at least as dynamic a
>language as Python.

But are Guile programs small?  I the OP made a categorisation error,
confusing correlation with causation.  (i.e. the presence of
feathers makes a animal able to fly).

Laura